Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Sutton Heights (GBR) | 69° 45' 00.0" S | 71° 30' 00.0" W | Heights |
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Name ID: 111477
Place ID: 14274
rising to c. 800m between Lassus Mountains and Debussy Heights, N Alexander Island, were photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959; following survey by BAS from "Fossil Bluff", 1975-76, named after John Sutton (1919-1992), Professor of Geology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London University, 1958-73, and Dean, Royal School of Mines, 1965-68 and 1974-77; member of the BAS Scientific Advisory Committee, 1970-85, member of NERC, 1977-79, and Chairman, British National Committee on Antarctic Research, from 1979 (APC, 1980, p.5). |
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| Sutton Heights (USA) | 69° 45' 00.0" S | 71° 30' 00.0" W | Heights |
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Name ID: 132368
Place ID: 14274
Heights rising to c. 800 m between Lassus Mountains and Debussy Heights, N Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by RARE in 1947, mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959, and surveyed by BAS, 1975-76. Named after John Sutton, Professor of Geology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London University, 1958-73; Dean Royal School of Mines, 1965-68 and 1974-77; member of the BAS Scientific Advisory Committee, 1970-85; member of NERC, 1977-79; Chairman, British National Committee on Antarctic Research, from 1979. |
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